Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Ogawa

Masatsugu Ogawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240140732
    Abstract: A control method by a computer, the control method acquires work information including information on work performed by a robot arm and information on an article as a target of the work; causes the robot arm to perform an operation of lifting up a predetermined unit of articles based on the work information; determines that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together based on sensor data obtained when the operation is being performed; and when it is determined that there is a possibility that a plurality of articles are packaged together, settles a handling method for the article according to the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Youko Mori, Tsutomu Maruyama, Tadashi Natsukawa, Masatsugu Ogawa, Masumi Ichien, Terumasa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240139943
    Abstract: A control method includes: acquiring article information including a price of an article to be handled by a robot arm; deciding, based on the article information, a handling method of the article to be handled by the robot arm as a handling method in which as the price of the article is higher, damage prevention of the article is more prioritized; and controlling the robot arm that handles the article based on the handling method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Youko MORI, Tsutomu Maruyama, Tadashi Natsukawa, Masatsugu Ogawa, Masumi Ichien, Terumasa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240131711
    Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation planning means 17Y, a display control means 15Y, and a correction receiving means 16Y. The operation planning means 17Y determines a first operation plan of a robot which executes a task in which an object is used. The display control means 15Y displays trajectory information regarding a trajectory of the object based on the first operation plan. The correction receiving means 16Y receives a correction relating to the trajectory information based on an external input. Then, the operation planning means 17Y determines a second operation plan of the robot based on the correction received by the correction receiving means 16Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro ITOU, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Patent number: 11960277
    Abstract: To make it possible to change the action of an unmanned vehicle by reflecting the importance of purposes that can change in response to a change in the situation. An unmanned vehicle (11) acts according to a plurality of purposes. A purpose importance input means (12) inputs the importance of each purpose in the unmanned vehicle (11). An action parameter determining means (13) determines a parameter for controlling the action of the unmanned vehicle (11) based on purpose importance information indicating the input importance of each purpose. An action controlling means (14) controls the action of the unmanned vehicle (11) in accordance with the parameter determined by the action parameter determining means (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Ichien, Masatsugu Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20230415339
    Abstract: An assistance control device 2X mainly includes an assistance request acquisition means 25X and a selection means 26X. The assistance request acquisition means 25X is configured to acquire assistance request information for requesting assistance, by external input, regarding a task to be executed by a robot. The selection means 26X is configured, if the assistance request information for plural tasks to be executed by plural robot is acquired, to select a task to be subjected to the assistance based on the assistance request information and work information regarding the plural robots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi ICHIEN, Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11853066
    Abstract: A control device acquires position information of an unmanned machine subject to control, and position information of an unmanned machine not subject to control; attempts to detect a target object, using a sensor signal from a sensor mounted in at least one of the unmanned machines; calculates a presence probability distribution of the target object based on information on a position and a time at which detection of the target object is successful; determines a formation of the unmanned machines based on the presence probability distribution of the target object; calculates an operation amount of the unmanned machine subject to control, based on the formation; and performs operation setting on the unmanned machine subject to control, according to the calculated operation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatsugu Ogawa, Masumi Ichien
  • Publication number: 20230356389
    Abstract: A control device 1X mainly includes an operation sequence generation means 16X, a first robot control means 171X, a switching determination means 18X, and a second robot control means 172X. The operation sequence generation means 16X is configured to generate an operation sequence of a robot. The first robot control means 171X is configured to perform a first robot control that is a control of the robot based on the operation sequence. The switching determination means 18X is configured, during execution of the first robot control, to determine, based on the operation sequence, whether or not to switch to a second robot control, which is a control of the robot based on an external input. The second robot control means 172X is configured, if it is determined by the switching determination means 18X that the switching is required, to perform the second robot control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi ICHIEN, Nobuharu KAMI, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230321827
    Abstract: A determination device 1X mainly includes a proposition determination means 18X. The proposition determination means 18X performs a completion determination of a task based on a first proposition representing a current state of the task and a second proposition representing a completion state of the task, in which the first proposition and the second proposition are detected by a sensor, when an operation sequence concerning the task has completed or when a predetermined time length has lapsed from a start of the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu Ogawa, Nobuharu Kami, Hisaya Wakayama, Hiroyuki Oyama, Masumi lchien
  • Publication number: 20230321828
    Abstract: An information collecting device 3X mainly includes an information acquisition means 35X and a task identifier setting means 36X. The information acquisition means 35X is configured to acquire work related information relating to a work of a robot. Examples of the information acquisition means 35X include the information acquisition unit 35 in the first example embodiment. The task identifier setting means 36X is configured to set an identifier of a task executed by the robot to the work related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hiroyuki OYAMA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Masumi ICHIEN, Nobuharu KAMI
  • Patent number: 11740629
    Abstract: A control device for an autonomous operating machine includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first state information of a first autonomous operating machine and second state information of a second autonomous operating machine in a case where the first and the second autonomous operating machines that operate in cooperation with each other select and execute executable operations as needed in order to achieve an object; a generation unit that generates value information indicating a height of a value of execution for achievement of the object regarding each of the operations that can be executed by the first autonomous operating machine by using a value calculation criterion based on the first state information and the second state information; a selection unit that selects a specific operation from among the operations based on the value information; and a control that controls the first autonomous operating machine to execute the specific operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatsugu Ogawa, Masumi Ichien, Masafumi Emura
  • Publication number: 20230080565
    Abstract: A control device 1A mainly includes a display control means 15A and an operation sequence generation means 16A. The display control means 15A is configured to transmit display information S2 relating to a task to be executed by a robot to a display device 2A. The operation sequence generation means 16A is configured, in a case that the display control means 15A has received, from the display device 2A, task designation information that is input information which schematically specifies the task, to generate an operation sequence to be executed by the robot based on the task designation information Ia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya Wakayama, Takehiro Itou, Mineto Satoh, Hiroyuki Oyama, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20230082482
    Abstract: The control device 1A mainly includes a determination means 15A, an abstract state setting means 16A, and a sequence generation means 17A. The determination means 15A determines, based on at least one of environment information relating to environment observed in a workspace of a controlled device to be controlled, state information relating to a state of the controlled device, and stored information that is stored information relating to the objective task to be executed by the controlled device, whether or not the objective task can be completed. The abstract state setting means 16A sets, when determined that the objective task cannot be completed, an abstract state in the workspace based on at least one of the environment information or the stored information. The sequence generation means 17A generates, based on the abstract state and the objective task, a sequence of subtasks to be executed by the controlled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mineto SATOH, Nobuharu Kami, Masatsugu Ogawa, Hisaya Wakayama, Takehiro Itou, Hiroyuki Oyama
  • Publication number: 20230072244
    Abstract: A control device 1C includes an operation sequence generation means 37C. The operation sequence generation means 37C is configured to generate, based on robot operation information Jr indicating operation characteristics of a robot executing a task and peripheral equipment information Ip indicating operation characteristics of peripheral equipment which delivers or receives an object relating to the task to or from the robot, operation sequences Sra and Spa indicating operations to be executed by the robot and the peripheral equipment, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaya Wakayama, Masatsugu Ogawa, Takehiro Itou, Mineto Satoh, Hiroyuki Oyama, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20230072442
    Abstract: A control device 1A includes a task group generation means 16A and an operation sequence generation means 17A. The task group generation means is configured to generate, in a case where multiple tasks to be executed by one or more robots are designated, one or more task groups obtained by classifying the multiple tasks. The operation sequence generation means 17A is configured to generate one or more operation sequences of the one or more robots for completing the multiple tasks so as to put completion time of tasks included in the one or more task groups close to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaya Wakayama, Hiroyuki Oyama, Mineto Satoh, Takehiro Ltou, Masatsugu Ogawa, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20230069393
    Abstract: A control device 1C mainly includes an operation sequence generation means 16C and a synchronization management means 17C. The operation sequence generation means 16C is configured to generate, based on an operation prediction result R2a of another working body which performs cooperative work with a robot which executes a task, an operation sequence Sra to be executed by the robot. The synchronization management means 17C is configured to synchronize an operation executed by the robot during execution of the operation sequence Sra and an operation executed by the other working body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya Wakayame, Takehiro Itou, Mineto Satoh, Hiroyuki Oyama, Nobuharu Kami
  • Publication number: 20220357730
    Abstract: Provided is an anomaly detection apparatus 10 capable of detecting anomalies of processing results. The anomaly detection apparatus 10 estimates first processing result information in accordance with first processing, using data regarding a target, compares second processing result data, for the data, obtained by second processing that differs from the first processing with the first processing result information, and detects an anomaly of the second processing according to the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Mineto SATOH, Masatsugu OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20220281105
    Abstract: In a robot control system, a storage unit stores a plurality of programs corresponding to tasks for a robot to perform. A reception unit receives selections made by a user, which designate a task for the robot to perform and attribute information related to a program causing the robot to perform the task among the plurality of programs. An acquisition unit acquires the program for performing the task among the plurality of programs from the storage unit based on the task and the attribute information. A robot control unit controls the robot in accordance with the acquired program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masatsugu OGAWA, Hisaya WAKAYAMA, Nobuharu KAMI
  • Patent number: 11415970
    Abstract: An evaluation target period acquiring unit acquires an evaluation target period based on an evaluation timing included by evaluation index information that includes at least an evaluation index to be evaluated and the evaluation timing of the evaluation index. A control target extracting unit extracts a control target whose control timing is included in the evaluation target period as a first control target from control target information that includes at least the control target to be the target of a control plan in an operation and the control timing of each control target. A control planning unit calculates the control plan maximizing the evaluation index with the first control target as a variable and state information that is information necessary for calculation of a control achievement at a time of planning and the control plan, as a constraint condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisaya Wakayama, Masatsugu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11395096
    Abstract: To order to enable to improve accuracy of sensing information after being shared and to improve efficiency of control based on the sensing information when there is a possibility of loss of sensing information from another device, the information sharing device acquires a sensing result of an own device, transmits integrated information obtained by integrating information related to the sensing result of the own device and the another device stored in an integrated information storage means, receives the integrated information of the another device that is communicable, and causes the integrated information storage means to store the integrated information that is new obtained by integrating the integrated information stored in the integrated information storage means of the own device, the sensing result of the own device, and the integrated information of the another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masumi Ichien, Masatsugu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11386373
    Abstract: Provided is a work management device for arranging a worker in consideration of a change of work efficiency. In a work management device 10, an index acquisition unit 11 acquires, for each work section, a work evaluation index calculated based on work history performed by a worker. A duration time acquisition unit 12 acquires a duration time for which a work status of the worker is the work evaluation index. A cost acquisition unit 13 acquires a cost incurred when the worker moves between the work sections. A determination unit 14 acquires an estimated work amount performed by the worker until the duration time is elapsed. The determination unit 14 determines, based on the estimated work amount and cost, arrangement of the workers in the plurality of work sections in such a way as to increase work efficiency in a whole of a work range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Itou, Hisaya Wakayama, Masatsugu Ogawa